The collection of articles includes contextual studies of the biography and creativity of N.A. Nekrasov and his contemporaries: I. S. Turgenev, A. V. Druzhinin, Ya. P. Polonsky, D. V. Grigorovich, T. G. Shevchenko, I. I. Panaev, A. Ya. Panaeva. The subject of several articles became a “Panaevsky” plot. They present an analysis of the poetics of Nekrasov’s love lyrics addressed to A. Ya. Panaeva, and “Memoirs” by A. Ya. Panaeva (Golovacheva) in the context of memoirs of the era. Close attention is paid to the specifics of the memoir narrative. The author's intentions in presenting factual material, the system of omissions, shifts in semantic emphasis when recording oral stories, and the polemic nature of memoir texts are analyzed. In covering the biographical context, attention is paid to such a factor as the ephemeral, but inextricable from the history of the era, the power of personal charm of the human person: N.V. Stankevich, T.N. Granovsky, V.G. Belinsky, artist V.N. Asenkova and others. The power of personal charm sometimes turns out to be the key to how beliefs and artistic images were formed among people who were “in its orbit.” The book is offered to researchers of Russian literature of the 19th century, teachers, students, and any interested reader. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.